Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

"Yeah, no way. Absolutely impossible!"

The two receptionists still refused to believe the gossip article.

Even the report itself wasn't definitive—it was just speculation and overanalysis

from the media, not based on confirmed facts.

Not only did the receptionists see the article, but everyone else did, too.

Still, it was mostly people from Yantail and the Lafond Group who clicked on it. Regular folks who weren't interested in entertainment gossip either skimmed past it or deleted the notification.

who knew River and Romina personally started calling them after seeing it. River had just returned

her call while pulling out

teasing tone, he said, "Good morning, Romina. You calling me this early- are you just too excited to treat me to lunch? Or are you

his banter. "River, did you not see the gossip article?" Feigning confusion, River replied, “What article? I usually turn off push notifications. If I want to read news, I'll look for it myself. I don't need apps shoving it at

you someone was taking photos? You said you

best friend who saw the article and called her, asking when

was convinced she'd been secretly married for years and even

for keeping such a big secret. She felt completely

she wasn't married, didn't have kids, and wasn't hiding anything-but her friend didn't believe her. The photos were there, after all. And they looked too convincing- River and Romina walking together, smiling, laughing, with River

searched for the article herself. It was